JBHT vs. SNDR, ARCB, ODFL, SAIA, UHAL, KNX, LSTR, R, CAR, and WERN
Should you be buying J.B. Hunt Transport Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of J.B. Hunt Transport Services include Schneider National (SNDR), ArcBest (ARCB), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Saia (SAIA), U-Haul (UHAL), Knight-Swift Transportation (KNX), Landstar System (LSTR), Ryder System (R), Avis Budget Group (CAR), and Werner Enterprises (WERN). These companies are all part of the "transportation" sector.
Schneider National (NYSE:SNDR) and J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ:JBHT) are both transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a net margin of 4.90% compared to J.B. Hunt Transport Services' net margin of 2.95%. Schneider National's return on equity of 14.77% beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, J.B. Hunt Transport Services had 7 more articles in the media than Schneider National. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for J.B. Hunt Transport Services and 13 mentions for Schneider National. Schneider National's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat J.B. Hunt Transport Services' score of 0.31 indicating that J.B. Hunt Transport Services is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services has higher revenue and earnings than Schneider National. J.B. Hunt Transport Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schneider National, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Schneider National presently has a consensus target price of $27.87, suggesting a potential upside of 4.80%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a consensus target price of $181.88, suggesting a potential upside of 5.61%. Given Schneider National's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe J.B. Hunt Transport Services is more favorable than Schneider National.
28.5% of Schneider National shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by institutional investors. 32.7% of Schneider National shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of J.B. Hunt Transport Services shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
J.B. Hunt Transport Services received 291 more outperform votes than Schneider National when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.63% of users gave Schneider National an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave J.B. Hunt Transport Services an outperform vote.
Schneider National has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, J.B. Hunt Transport Services has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Schneider National pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Schneider National pays out 43.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. J.B. Hunt Transport Services pays out 27.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. J.B. Hunt Transport Services has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years.
Summary
J.B. Hunt Transport Services beats Schneider National on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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